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(11) | EP 0 005 006 A3 |
(12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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(54) | Antibacterial compounds, processes for their preparation and compositions containing them |
(57) Monic acid C and its salts and esters of formula (II):
where R is a salt-forming ion or pharmaceutically acceptably ester-forming radical may be prepared by either converting the epoxide in the known monic acid A to an olefin, or by hydrolysis of the naturally occurring pseudomonic acid C. The esters of monic acid C have antibacterial and anti-mycoplasma activity and are therefore useful in the treatment of human and veterinary bacterial and mycoplasma- induced infections. |